On Today’s Show

According to a new Canadian study, dodgeball is a tool of oppression that teaches aggression and dominance that “reinforces the faces of oppression,”.

As researchers describe it, those “faces” are “marginalization, powerlessness, and helplessness of those perceived as weaker individuals through the exercise of violence and dominance by those who are considered more powerful.”.

They feel for teachers trying to foster the virtues of caring and inclusion, on this view, dodgeball is counterproductive. This goal is impeded when cruelty, oppression and violence are built into the rules.

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Cops in Georgia raided a VHS rental place this week, because it was a front for illegal gambling.  It was a Thai place, and the movies were all unlabeled or old . . . the most recent one was an action movie from 2007.  Police say they thought it was suspicious because no one ever left with a movie.

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ENTERTAINMENT

A massive dodgeball match-up is coming up next week between an all-female U.S. team and an all-male U.K. side on “The Late Late Show with James Cordon.”

The U.S. will have former first lady Michelle Obama alongside actors Allison Janney, Mila Kunis, Lena Waithe, Kate Hudson and Melissa McCarthy.

Actors Benedict Cumberbatch and John Bradley, singer-songwriter Harry Styles and “Late Late Show” band musician Reggie Watts (who is actually American) will join Corden in representing Britain.

It’s going to be “epic,” the show promised in a tweet

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Sigourney Weaver says she will reprise her role as Dana Barrett in Jason Reitman’s upcoming “Ghostbusters” project, reuniting with Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd. She starred in 1984’s “Ghostbusters” as well the 1989 sequel, and had a cameo in the 2016 all-female reboot starring Kristen Wiig and Melissa McCarthy. Sony has slated Jason Reitman’s sequel to be released on July 20, 2020.

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TODAY IS……………….

• “Superman Day”, Superman was created in 1933 by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. “What’s that in the sky? Is it a Bird? Is it a Plane? No, it is the Superman! The Man of Steel….”

• “Automotive Service Professionals Day”, begun in 2005 by National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence to salute auto mechanics and others involved in vehicle maintenance.

• “Peanut Butter Cookie Day”, a good time to dig out Grandma’s famous recipe and bake up a dozen. The treat first became a favorite in the early 1900s.

• “Red Rose Day”, an annual celebration of the most popular cut flower.

1981 “Raiders of the Lost Ark”, the first Indiana Jones film, premieres. It was directed by Stephen Spielberg, produced by George Lucas and starred Harrison Ford

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COUNTRY MUSIC NOTE

Terri Clark became the first Canadian-born female to join the Grand Ole Opry in 2004

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RANDOM REPORT
✓ Ben & Jerry learned how to make ice cream by taking a $5 correspondence course offered by Penn State.

✓ “Jay” used to be slang for “foolish person.” So, when a pedestrian ignored street signs, he was referred to as a “jaywalker.”

✓ There really was a Captain Morgan. He was a Welsh pirate who later became the lieutenant governor of Jamaica.

✓ ‘Silver Bells’ was called ‘Tinkle Bells’ until co-composer Jay Livingston’s wife told him “tinkle” had another meaning.

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U.S. ROUTS THAILAND

The U.S. Women’s National team are the defending champions and the favourite to win the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup.

But no one predicted them setting a World Cup records Tuesday in their 13-0 routing of Thailand to open their title defense.

Most goals scored by a team in a World Cup match — men’s or women’s

Largest margin of victory in a World Cup match

Tie: Most goals scored by a player in a World Cup match   (5)

Most individual goal scorers in a single Women’s World Cup match

The previous record for most goals scored by a team was set by the Germany women’s national football team Women’s during the 2007 FIFA Women’s World Cup. In group stage match, Germany beat Argentina by an 11-0 score.

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TODAY’S GOOD NEWS

A guy named Michael Atkins grew up in Denver.  And his first full-time job was working as a janitor at a middle school on the east side of the city.

He says he took a lot of pride in it, and actually enjoyed the work.  But he didn’t want to be a janitor forever.

Then he ran into his favorite teacher from second grade.  And they managed to get him a job working as a teacher’s aide.

He loved it, and eventually became a teacher.  And now years later, he’s worked his way all the way up to PRINCIPAL.

He just got hired as the principal at an elementary school on the same side of town as the school where he worked as a custodian.

He says his teachers didn’t always treat him the same as other kids, because he’s black.  So one of his goals is to create an environment where kids can really embrace diversity.

And he thinks rising up through the ranks like he did gives him a unique perspective on education.

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BIRTHDAYS

[34] Chris Young, country singer

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“FACTS” YOU LEARNED IN SCHOOL THAT AREN’T:
✗ Napoleon was short:  He was measured at 5 feet, 2 inches tall — but he was measured with French inches, which are longer than English inches. He actually stood 5 feet, 7 inches — taller than the average European man at the time. (OK, But why did he always have his hand in his shirt?)

✗ Alcohol kills brain cells:  Heavy drinking absolutely can damage the brain, but that damage isn’t the result of cell death. The amount of alcohol required to kill cells would kill the person first. (Then what happened to all my memories of third grade??)

✗ You’ll get tetanus from stepping on a rusty nail:  Any puncture wound, including one from a rusty nail, can lead to a tetanus infection, but rust has no impact whatsoever.

✗ Cracking your knuckles causes arthritis:  There is no connection. The “cracking” is actually bubbles bursting in the fluid that surrounds the knuckles. (Are you telling me that my teachers just said that so I’d stop?)

✗ Touching toads gives you warts:  The bumps that cover some frogs and toads aren’t warts at all, and even if they were, warts can only be caused by a human virus. (And it turns out they also don’t turn into a prince if you kiss them…)

✗ ‘I’ before ‘E’ except after ‘C’:  The rule is wrong at least 25 percent of the time. Need some proof? Science. Forfeit. Weird. Glacier. Albeit. Fancier. (and Budweiser.)

✗ Sugar makes kids hyperactive:  Popularized by a flawed study in the 1970s, the connection between hyperactivity and sugar was debunked by a series of studies published in the Journal of the American Medical Association in 1995.

✗ You’ll never walk around with a calculator

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WHEELIE SURPRISING:
You know those nice, neat bike lanes that many cities have painted onto roads to ensure the safety of cyclists…and to encourage people to leave their cars at home?  It turns out those things actually make riding more dangerous for cyclists.

An Australian study found that motorists left 10 inches less room when passing cyclists who were using painted cycle lanes than when passing bikes on stretches of road with no painted cycle lanes. The lead author of the study says that shows that cyclists need physical barriers for protection from motor vehicles, rather than a single strip of white paint.

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WHAT’S THE BEST WAY TO GET RID OF A BAD AFTERTASTE?

An expert says that most times aftertaste in your mouth is caused by bits of food or drink still hanging around your moth

So your best line of defense against an aftertaste is brushing and flossing, but things like raw onions or raw, smashed garlic can actually get into your bloodstream, and brushing can’t help with that

If that happens, try eating apples, mint leaves, or lettuce to counteract the stinky enzymes in your blood

If none of the above work, you’ll just have to wait it out– cooking onions and garlic before eating them can minimize the risk of them causing a long lasting unpleasant aftertaste

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WEDNESDAY JUNE 12^TH                                          

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

[34] Chris Young, country singer

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1. MLB

Baltimore            4              Toronto                2

Kansas City         3              Detroit                  2

“Stanley Cup Final”: St. Louis Blues at Boston Bruins in Game 7

2. An eight-year-old boy from Ohio visited North Carolina last week, and took a giant inflatable unicorn to the beach.  But a wave took the float out, the unicorn’s head acted like a sail, and he was quickly half a mile out into the Atlantic.  Luckily the kid stayed with the float, and didn’t try to swim back, and rescuers reached him quickly.  Here’s the kid, a rescuer, and the mom.

3. A detective in training with the Hartford, Connecticut police force spotted a stolen car boxed it in, then had to chase down the suspect . . . all while he was wearing a bow tie and tap dancing shoes.  Apparently it’s just part of his personal style, and his co-workers call him tap dancer.

Here’s the cop, and a reporter.

4. Jon Stewart scolded members of the U.S. Congress yesterday for not attending a hearing about 9/11 responders.  The issue is the fund to pay their health care costs.  It expires next year, and he supports a law to fund it permanently.

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THOMAS RHETT ALBUM DEBUTS AT NUMBER ONE ON POP, COUNTRY CHARTS

Thomas Rhett claims his second chart-topping debut on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart this week with Center Point Road. According to Billboard, the album earned 76,000 equivalent album units, 45,000 of which were in album sales. Both totals represent the biggest weeks of 2019 for any country album, and it marks the first country album to hit Number One on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart in 2019.

Thomas thanked fans on social media writing, “Y’all!! This is absolutely unreal . . . thank you so much to everyone who has bought, streamed downloaded etc. such an honor to get to make music for you”

Over the weekend at CMA Music Festival, Thomas told us he’s been loving the feedback from fans. [“I’ve been blown away by the reaction. It’s been really cool to be able to put out the project as a whole and have people listen to more than just the four or five instant grat tracks and really kind of get a sense of what the fans are digging on the record cause it really helps us at that point figure out what singles are gonna come next, so it’s been a relief and just like really, really exciting to put a full-length album out again. I can’t believe we’ve done four.”]

Thomas and Kelsea Ballerini again co-host the upcoming ABC-TV special CMA Fest, set to air in August.

Keith Urban Is Not Focused on Releasing Albums, Sound Familiar?

KEITH URBAN was asked if he’s working on a new album, and he echoed what we recently heard from Blake Shelton.  And that is, he’d rather focus on the songs, and the rest will follow.  Quote, “I’m definitely working on new material all the time.  Writing . . . recording.  [Doesn’t] have to be a whole record, just new music.”

He added, quote, “I think that just new music is the thing that we want as artists, as well as the audience, just new songs.  New songs, keep ’em coming.”

LUKE COMBS INVITED TO BECOME NEXT OPRY MEMBER

An emotional and stunned Luke Combs agreed to become the next member of the Grand Ole Opry during last night’s (Tuesday, June 11th) performance. Chris Janson, Craig Morgan and John Conlee formally invited Luke to join the institution in front of a packed house.

Luke first made his debut on the Opry less than three years ago.

Opry officials have not yet announced the date of Luke’s induction.

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This post was written by Dave Palmer